Auger-handle



(No Model.)

G. J. KNAPP.

AUGIBR HANDLE. No. 583,910'. Patented June 8. 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT Trier.

GREGORY J. KNAPP, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUGER-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,910, dated J une 8, 189'?.

Application iiled May '7, 1896. Serial No. 590,580. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GREGORY J. Knnrr, residing at Ashland, in the county of lSchuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Anger-llandle, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to that class ot' anger14 handles having a clamp member adapted to engage the tang of the auger and which is longitudinally adjustable Within the handle members; and such invention primarily has for its object to provide a device of this character of a simple and inexpensive construction which can he easily manipulated and which will effectively serve for its intended purposes.

illy invention also has for its object to provide an auger-handle having a clamp member having differently-shaped sides to its opening and means to actuate such clamp in both longitudinal directions, whereby differentlyshaped tangs may be held by moving the said clamp in diierent directions.

lVith other minor objects in view, which ivill hereinafter appear, the invention consists in an auger-handle constructed in the peculiar and novel manner first described in detail and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a view of my improved augerhandle as applied for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the handle. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. et is a crosssection taken on the line i t of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the metallic socket and the lined handle member; and Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the rotary handle member, the clamp-bolt, and the screw-socket de? tached.

Referring t0 the accompanying drawings, A indicates a metallic socket which has centrally the non-circular apertures a and a' for the passage of the auger-tang.

B indicates a Wood handle end which is litted and iixedly held in one end of the socket A, as clearly shown.

C indicates a removable wood handle member, which has a central longitudinal bore c and in the outer end a metallic internallythreaded socket-piece D, for a purpose presently explained.

The inner end of the handle C is reduced, as atvd, and has iitted thereon a metallic cuff or sleeve E of a diameter to snugly fit and turn within the end A of the socket A, such sleeve E also having an annular flange E and at the base of such dange an annular groove E2, the said ange forming a bearing member to abut the end a2 of the socket A, while the groove is arranged to receive the endf of the securing and guide-serev lug F, Which is passed through the threaded aperture as in the socket A, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

So far as described it will be manifestly clear that when the two handle-sections are joined in the manner shown in Fig. 2 the member C Will be held from longitudinal movement, but free to rotate.

G indicates a clamp-bolt which has a head portion g movable within the socket A and provided with a tang-receivin g opening, one side of which is made -shaped, as indicated by g, While the opposing iace is curved and provided with bars or teeth g. The object in making the opening in the clamp with differently-shaped sides in the manner described is to adapt the clamp-head to hold a round as well as a square auger-tang and at the same time provide a bite or grip tace which Will prevent the head from pulling oli' the augertang when properly fastened.

The shank (2 of the clamp G extends back through the bore ot the handle C and has its threaded end g2@ held in engagement with the threaded socket D.

By referring now more particularly to Fig. 3 it will he noticed the head of the clamp G is made to engage a recess l) in the inner end of thehandle member B, ivhich recess forms a guide for holding the front or head end of the clamp steady as it is adjusted longitudinally in the manner presently described. The rotary handle, which is held against longitudinal movement, is adapted to move the clamp inward or outward to cause either side of the tang-receivin g opening to engage the tang of an auger, and the clamp has a binding action on the said tang when it is moved in either direction.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the complete construction and operation of my invention it is thought will be readily un- IOO derstood. It will be observed that after the handle is slipped on the angentang, should the clamp members during operation tend to come loose, the operator Without stoppin g the operation of the auger need only rotate the handle member C, which will cause the clamphead g to the more vsecurely bite or grip the tang of the auger.

By arranging the several parts of my invention as described it will be :readily seen that the same presents a neat and smooth appearance, there being no projecting adjusting-nuts or parts which might catch the sleeve of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In an anger-handle, the combination of a xed handle member having a tangreeeiv ing opening, a rotary handle member oonneotedtvith the fixed handle member and held against longitudinal movement, and a clamp l connected with and operated by the rota-r Y handle member and provided with an ope-nwith the tang, substantially las described.

2. In an auger-handle, the combination of a fixed handle imember provided with a tangreeeiving opening, a rotary handle member connected with the fixed handle member and held against longitudinal movement, and the longitudinally-movable clamp connected with and operated by the lrotary handle member,

provided with an opening to receive the tang of an auger and capable of binding against the same, when moved either inward or out- Ward substantially as shown and described.

3. In an auger-handle, the ycombination of a central socket provided With a tang-receivingopening, a handle member fixed to the socket, a rotary member provided With a longitudinal bore, a sleeve secured to the rotary member, fitting within the l:socket `and provided with an annular angeabuttingfagainst the same, Ysaid sleeve being provided .at its outer face Withanvannularf gfroove receiving a projection of the socket, .La elamzp havin-g a threaded sha-likte lit sai-d 'bore and provided in vthe socket with a head having a tangg-en gagingopenin g wit/hone end angular and the `oth er end curved and serrated to engageeither a round lor lsopaare tang, and a lnut mounted on the rotary ,han dle ino-engage theshan-k substantia-lly as show-n and described.

GREGORY J. KNAPP. WVitn esses J. H. RoBBINs, J. C. GARNER. 

